MPA Comments In the Matter of Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan

The Motion Picture Association, Inc. (“MPA”) submitted comments in response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan (“the RFI”).

An AI Action Plan that respects intellectual property will enable the United States to expand its hard-won leadership in both AI and the creative industries. MPA is proud to represent an iconic American industry that itself has led its global competitors for over a century, fueled by uniquely American human creativity and technological innovation, and undergirded by the U.S. Constitution’s protection of both free speech and intellectual property.^[1] Here at home, and around the world, our industry delivers enormous economic value, drives innovation, promotes free expression, and serves as a global ambassador for the nation’s creativity and dynamism, as well as its values. In formulating AI policy, the Administration should aim both to advance America’s global leadership in AI technology innovation as well as maintain the preeminent position of the motion picture industry and other parts of the creative sector. Such a policy will be key to any successful effort to, in the words of the White House’s announcement of the RFI, “promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security.”

MPA applauds the Administration for championing American industry and American workers, and for its stated objective of promoting U.S. leadership in establishing a “gold standard” for AI innovation that works for all Americans. We welcome the opportunity to work with the Administration to support an AI Action Plan that: 1) clearly acknowledges the importance of safeguarding the intellectual property of America’s creators; 2) ensures that the course of AI innovation charted by this Administration works for the millions of Americans who make their living in the creative industries, many of whom are employed by MPA’s members; and 3) maintains the nation’s global leadership in both the creative and innovation industries.